Welcome to TheStudentVLE

The Idea of TheStudentVLE.com

As students we all know that it
can be hard to succeed and excel in certain areas of study. We also
understand that peer learning can be a major benefit and offers great
support for all university students throughout their degree. However,
from our experiences, so far, we have found that traditional peer
learning has taken a digital twist. Expanding on this natural
development is how we; the Tablet Team; have come to develop the idea of
creating a virtual learning environment for students, which we have
dubbed "The Student VLE".

How will it work? What are the deliverables?

Here
students from any university or institution can sign in and access a
wide variety of resources (such as tablet apps, web pages or eBooks)
recommended for their study by other students as well as recommending
their own. Furthermore, students will be able to engage with students in
other disciplines fostering a community of learning and discovery.
While on the site, if the student requires additional help, he or she
may connect and discuss with other users across the country and bring
peer learning to a digital and national level. This also enables
students in the network to become somewhat of an instructor of a topic
which they have deep knowledge in, by assisting others in understanding
further reading or topics they may be interested in or studying.

We aim to create this rich, beneficial connected online experience through
using pre-existing tools readily available to universities (Moodle -
customised and run by students) to keep the security and credibility to a
high level. It is important to note that this is in no way linked to
any university but instead operates as a networking space for students
to work together as a group. This will in effect help them to develop
and gain deeper understanding of subject that they wish to improve on.
This will not only increase their academic knowledge, but also:

Improve digital literacy;Independent learning/research skills;

Employability;

Communication;

and Networking.

Timescale

Within
two to three months, as a team of 4 we aim to have the site live and
ready for the new academic year. Allowing all students (new or existing)
use of the site for the years to come. Domain hosting will be funded
through the selling of cheap advertising space to universities, student
unions and student "friendly" companies; which will hopefully allow
other projects being piloted by this competition to be circulated around
our network of students. This will also support sustainability and
discovery. Using existing tools available we will be able to enable the
site to work with mobile device applications meaning that our VLE,
unlike many universities provision, will be readily accessible from
mobile and desktop devices, allowing national peer learning to be
combined with mobile learning.